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 * Digital Media Form in Arts**



The above attachment show's some examples of how we can creat works or art such as illustrations, cartoons, images and so on by using programs on the computer. The art works that are shown have been created using computer programs but unfortunutly I use unable to find which program.

[|**Way's of organising Media 2008**] The above link is a great resource from the lecture on Media form's in art. It outlines media elements, princibles and conventions, media forms, media technologies, approaches, media language, media histories and alot more. Below is a link to a reading on media which I found very interesting and show's the way in which different forms of media have been used within the classroom.

[|Reading Regarding Media]


 * Benifits of using digital media art forms within the classroom:**

Quoting Edgar Dale's learning cone, the author notes that after two weeks, today's learners will only recall 10% of what they have read, 20% of what they have heard, and 30% of what they have seen. However, they will recall 50% of what they have heard and seen, 70% of what they have actively participated in and 90% of what they have taught to someone else and applied to a real life task or simulation. From this information, it show 's that traditional teaching methods of "stand and deliver" and "rote learning" are no longer effective or productive in most cases. So by using media in our teaching stratigies we are able to assist the children in retaining information from lessons and keep them engaged. As media forms and digital art media can contain images and sound this allows students to recall 50% and if they are researching topics on thier own or in group, they can retain 70%.

According to the author, there currently exist five main categories of skills **-**
 * 1) Obsolete skills (those skills that are no longer important in our society i.e. sword sharpening skills)
 * 2) Traditional skills of decreased emphasis (i.e. handwriting, knowing the Dewey Decimal system)
 * 3) Traditional literacy skills - while these skills are slowly decreasing in importance, they are still essential for survival in the 21st Century (i.e. reading, writing, numeracy, communication skills, etc.)
 * 4) Traditional skills of increased emphasis (i.e. information processing, critical thinking, problem solving, etc.)
 * 5) New 21st Century skills - these are skills that have emerged as technology has appeared (i.e. social networking, online communication, etc.)

This show's that technology is a vital part of the way in which we asscess, retain and process information and by intergating Media art across the curriculm we can encourage, engage and retain the children's interest as we are able to cater to a wider range of learning styles. This in turn helps us to teach and extend students knowledge while intergrating art into other area's of the curriculm.